Journal
L.A. Louver is deeply saddened by the loss of artist George Herms, who passed away last week at the age of 90. Born in Woodland, CA in 1935, Herms moved to Los Angeles in …
Two upcoming events featuring Gajin Fujita at the Crow Museum of Asian Art in Dallas, TX as part of the exhibition Paper Knife: Objects of Beauty in Early Modern Japan
L.A. Louver invites you to join us onย Monday, April 6th at 6pmย for an artist talk & listening party with Alison Saar. Saar will discuss her installationย at L.A. Louverย Meet Me at the Crossroads: Rubyโs Soul …
Take a closer look at available prints by Alison Saar in our online viewing room. Over the past three decades, Saar has engaged with virtually every printmaking process (in addition to innovative hybrid practices) …
Today, L.A. Louver announces a significant transition for the gallery, which has been located on the same city block in Venice Beach since it was established by Founding Director Peter Goulds and Elizabeth Goulds …
When L.A. Louver Founding Director Peter Goulds was a visiting lecturer at UCLA from 1972-74, the work of Marcel Duchamp featured significantly in his teaching. Goulds intended to make a series of short films …
L.A. Louver is delighted to present a focused look at Matt Wedel's "Mythology Plate" series. Rich with color, intricate patterns, and creative imagery, these nine unique works from a limited series each depict a …
In honor of David Hockneyโs 88th birthday today, L.A. Louver is highlighting two works on paper by the artist that are currently on view in L.A. Louver Celebrates 50 Years as a complement to …
L.A. Louver Celebrates 50 Yearsย contains two large-scale recent paintings by Los Angeles artistย Gajin Fujita. Inย Angelic Intervention (AI)ย (2023), Fujita presents twoย putti, infant cherubim most frequently found in Renaissance and Baroque religious paintings. Tattooed with cherry …
Terry Allenโs complex, polymathic body of work sprawls across a multitude of artistic modes including drawing, painting, video, sculpture, writing, and music. Continually shapeshifting, accumulating, and turning back and in on itself, his work …
Edward & Nancy Kienholz,ย Drawing for the Ozymandias Parade, 1989, mixed media assemblage, 22 1/2 x 16 in. (57.2 x 40.6 cm) Edward Kienholz and Nancy Reddin Kienholz used the term โdrawingโ to describe a …
Two iconic works by Charles Garabedian are included inย L.A. Louver Celebrates 50 Years. Garabedianโs ambiguous, dream-likeย Woman in the Bathroomย (1973) coalesces many concerns that are central to the artistโs oeuvre: namely, abstract figuration, architectural framing, …
One of Britainโs most celebrated postwar artists, Leon Kossoff (1926-2019) is best known for his cityscapes of London and his evocative portraits painted from life and memory. The London landscape and the human figure …
William Briceโs cryptic dreamscape Untitled (1969)โon view now in L.A. Louver Celebrates 50 Yearsโrepresents a significant inflection point for the artist, produced just as he was settling into his iconic mature style. Presaging Briceโs …
In our fifty-year history, L.A. Louver has been indelibly shaped by people and place. The Bohemian art haven that was 1970s Venice Beach provided fertile ground for the galleryโs growth and proximity to many …
In January 1976, L.A. Louver opened at 55 North Venice Boulevard in Venice, California. ย Our inaugural exhibition showcased the neon art of Lili Lakich; a second solo exhibition of Lakichโs neon art followed in …
L.A. Louverโs connection to Marcel Duchamp began at the galleryโs inception. While teaching at UCLA in the early 1970s, Founding Director Peter Goulds was so inspired by Duchampโs Fresh Widow (1920)โa pun-infused sculpture of a window …
In 1992 L.A. Louver presented the monumental exhibition Poem Makers: Wallace Berman, Jess, and George Herms which showcased the limited-edition facsimile version of Wallace Bermanโs Semina; an underground art and poetry publication in nine …
Weโre kicking off our Monday Mantra series to infuse your week with a little mindfulness and self-care. Today, weโre setting our intentions while contemplating Tom Wudlโs sublime painting, โOne Hundred Trillion Concentrationsโ (2015).โ โ
How are you self-isolating? Alison Saar shared her quarantine book and music picks with the Los Angeles Times. โI started a book thatโs somewhere between prose and a novel, โThe Blue Clerkโ by Dionne …
With the gallery closed to public, weโll be sharing online resources related to our exhibitions and gallery program through our website and social media channels. So please, keep following along with us! Don Suggs …
Sculptor Matt Wedel has returned to his ceramic roots. Known for his monumental sculptures that push the material limits of clay, Wedel has focused his technical prowess into a new series titled โThe Face Bowl …
For nearly two decades, Mark di Suveroโs public sculpture โDeclarationโ has cut a welcoming shape in the skyline of Venice Beach. The โVโ shaped arms reaching out from this 62-foot sculpture beckon out to …
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our dear friend, Leon Kossoff. He was 92 years of age. โOur thoughts are with his friends and family, who along with his …
In his new work โXing the River Styxโ (2018), Gajin Fujita makes reference to a woodblock print by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) titled โKishin Omatsu Shirosaburo o Korosu Zuโ or โPicture of the Demon Omatsu …
Leon Kossoff created his etching in response to The Holy Family on the Steps, 1648 by Nicolas Poussin, owned by the Cleveland Museum of Art. When included in the 1996 Poussin exhibition at the Royal …
โAmerica made me great.โ So says artist Rina Banerjee, reflecting on her immigrant upbringing in New York and Philadelphiaโs Fox Chase neighborhood, in an interview for the catalog of the Pennsylvania Academy of the …
RICHARD DEACON & SUI JIANGUO 6 September โ 20 October 2018 Reception for the artists: Thursday, 6 September, 6-8pm L.A. Louver is pleased to present a two-person exhibition with British artist Richard Deacon and …
Per Kirkeby (1938โ2018) โOn 9 May, the Danish artist Per Kirkeby died at age 79 after a long illness. . The many approaches available to Kirkebyโs work reflect his unlimited exploration of art forms …
Over an artistic career that spanned six decades, Henri Matisse worked as a painter, sculptor, muralist, designer and printmaker. While he displayed a deft proficiency in a wide range of mediums, Matisse described drawing …
ART NOW LA Deborah Butterfield: โThree SorrowsโThe Equine Transformed by Jody Zellen Deborah Butterfieldโs exhibition at LA Louver begins outside the gallery with Kelly Canyon, 2016. At 98โณ high x 86โณ long, this cast …
Studio Visit: Rebecca Campbell, The Subjective Lens of Perception By Gary Brewer โThere is a painting in her studio, โMiss April 1971,โ a 6 x 14 foot long painting of a 1971 Playboy centerfold. …
Spanning the breadth of the artistโs career, Richard Diebenkorn: Works on Paper, 1949-1992 (at L.A. Louver through November 4, 2017) presents a concise overview of the artistโs output and the diverse range of subject matter …